Mori Seiki Usa, Inc. v. M.V. Alligator Triumph

990 F.2d 444 1993 A.M.C. 1521 MORI SEIKI USA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.V. ALLIGATOR TRIUMPH, her engines, tackle, etc., in rem, Defendant, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Camellia Container Carrier, S.A. Panama; Trans Pacific Container Service Corporation, Marine Terminals Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56430. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 3, 1993. Decided March 23, 1993. Paul Gary Sterling, Finan and Sterling, and William M. Duncan, Meadows, Smith, Lenker, Sterling & Davis, Long Beach, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Alan Nakazawa and B. Alexander Moghaddam, Williams, Woolley, Cogswell, Nakazawa & Russell, Long Beach, CA, Arthur A. Leonard, Sands, Narwitz, Forgie & Leonard, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: HUG, SKOPIL, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Mori Seiki USA, Inc. ("Mori Seiki") was the consignee of a precision lathe that was damaged while being transported from Nagoya, Japan to Houston, Texas. The lathe was damaged after it was unloaded from an ocean vessel at the Port of…